Is Keir Starmer falling into the Rwanda trap?

Rishi Sunak promised to stop the boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed’ The promise got truncated into the catchier catchier “Stop the boats” which became an albatross for Sunak .

Now Keir Starmer has his own catchphrase: smash the gangs’ Illegal immigration is indeed something voters are angry about.

Sunak’s promise to stop the boats’ gave Farage ammunition to point out how badly he was failing.

Is Starmer making the same mistake by inviting anger? This is a problem that cannot be solved by the UK alone.

It requires international cooperation, intelligence sharing, investment in processing and a workable returns policy.